1. Causes and Events Leading to the American Revolution

2. English Policies Mercantilism (1600s-1700s)
England required the colonists to sell them cheap raw materials
Colonists were required to buy expensive manufactured goods
Navigation Acts (Laws) 1660s-1740s
Trade mainly with England
Use ships made in England or the colonies
Pay taxes in England for things bought in other countries
Colonists could not have their own businesses that competed with England’s

3. The French and Indian War
1754 to 1763
Great Britain and colonists fought against France and the Native Americans
Great Britain won the war
Huge debt (England owes a lot of money)
King George III and Parliament create TAXES

4. Causes of the American Revolution

5. Vocabulary Boycott: to refuse to buy
No Taxation without representation: colonies did not like being taxed because they had no representation in the English Parliament (they did not vote)
Loyalist: Someone who is loyal to the king and is against independence
Patriot: Someone who supports independence

6. Proclamation Line of 1763
Description: Colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Colonial Reaction: crossed
anyway

7. Sugar Act 1764
Description: This act placed a tax on sugar and molasses
Colonial Reaction: Colonists smuggled

8. Stamp Act 1765
Description: This act required revenue stamps for newspapers, playing cards, books, and any written material.
Colonial Reaction: Boycott and Sons of
Liberty would tar and feather stamp sellers

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11. SONS OF LIBERTY Started by Samuel Adams In 1765 Group of patriots
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Started by Samuel Adams
In 1765
Group of patriots
Organized boycotts and protests in the colonies

12. Stamp Act Congress 1765
Colonists meet in New York to organize a boycott of all British goods
Colonial efforts were successful
England REPEALED (TOOK AWAY) the Stamp Act

13. Quartering Act 1765
Description: Colonists were required to quarter (house and feed British soldiers in their homes)
Colonial reaction: angry, said it
was unfair
Today: 3rd Amendment to Constitution does not allow this

14. Townshend Acts 1767
Description: This act placed a tax on lead, paint, paper, tea, and glass. Writs of assistance (Warrants that allowed soldiers to search colonists’ homes)
Colonial Reaction: Boycott; colonists upset

15. Townshend Acts Colonial boycott was a success
England REPEALED the Townshend Acts except for the tax on tea
1768 England sends 5,000 British troops to Boston, Massachusetts

16. Boston Massacre 1770 Description: March 5, 1770
5 colonists were killed by British soldiers
Colonists started telling things and throwing snowballs to British guard
Colonial Reaction: British seen as the enemy; incident unites the colonists

17. Engraving created by Paul Revere
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19. Committees of Correspondence 1772
Samuel Adams organized these groups to help keep the colonies informed about British actions

20. Tea Act 1773
Description: This act required colonists to buy tea from only one company (British east India Company)
Colonial Reaction: Boston Tea Party

21. Boston Tea Party Description: December 16, 1773
Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians
Dump 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
Colonial Reaction: Colonists are united

22. Boston Tea Party 1773

24. Coercive or Intolerable Acts 1774
Description: punished Massachusetts for Boston Tea Party
No trading (Boston port closed)
No self-government
Military rule (army in charge)
English officers will be tried in England
Colonial Reaction: First Continental Congress

25. First Continental Congress 1774
Description: A meeting of the colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Colonial Reaction:
Form militias
Continue boycotts
Help Boston